Study of Religion

Overview

About this Degree

The Study of Religion is an intellectually exciting program focused on a subject matter that many scholars in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences consider to be an intrinsic dimension of humanity—religion. Religion originates in literature, social organization, imagination, emotions, culture, sexuality, even the physical body itself.

 The Study of Religion at the University of California, San Diego is the ideal program for any student who, fascinated by core questions concerning human culture and history, wants the intellectual freedom to pursue answers from a wide variety of perspectives.

Religion students take small upper-division classes, work closely with professors of national and international scholarly reputation, and develop skills that enable them to describe, compare, interpret, and explain—critical skills that they will use long after leaving the university.

To study religion, you do not have to be personally religious. Nor do you have to be irreligious. What is required is that you are willing to approach and consider your own personal certainties with fresh eyes and an open mind.